Tuesday, October 28, 2008

VeganMoFo - Halloweegan Eyeball Cupcakes with Whippy Cream

Thank you so much for all your kind comments on my previous post! By popular request, I made some whipped cream again and measured all the ingredients this time so I could share a proper recipe. I said I didn't have a recipe before because I always eyeball it, so...

Ha! Creepy eyeball cupcakes! These are chocolate cupcakes with whipped cream eyeballs and raspberry centers. The raspberries are filled with chocolate.

This vegan "whippy" cream is basically a very soft buttercream. There's a coconut milk whipped cream that I have made a couple of times and it's pretty terrific. I'll make that again next month so I can share the recipe.

1- Cream the EB with an electric mixer.
2- Mix in the syrup and vanilla.
3- Add about a half of the milk and mix on high until it doesn't look lumpy anymore. You will need a pretty powerful mixer, not an industrial type but something with some power. I use this one.
4- Gradually add the rest of the milk and mix on super-hyper hold-on-to-your-socks-turbo-high until creamy and smooth. The whippy cream shouldn't be liquid, so add the milk gradually and only as much as the Earth Balance will take without becoming too liquid.

This whippy cream is an off white color. If whiteness is a must, replace the syrup with confectioners sugar. This recipe makes enough cream for six eyeballs.

To make the eyeballs, use a small cookie scoop or ice cream scoop to drop the eyeballs on top of the (room temperature) cupcakes. Press a raspberry down (hole-side-up) right in the center of each eyeball. I used thawed frozen-berries, which made them ooze out red juice that became the little vessels, and then I just used a toothpick to help the raspberry juice run down the eyeballs. Doesn't that just sound utterly appetizing? Two mini chocolate chips in the middle of each raspberry completes the look.

I can't believe it's been almost a month since I made these as eyeball pancakes with blueberries for my very first Vegan MoFo post! Time flies when you're making revolting Halloween food.

Eye eye!We both had the same idea River (which please me no end). I was gonna make Cupcakes with eyeballs on the top but I couldn't work out how to make the actual eyeballs. I was gonna buy black icing but do you think I could find any? No! Went to 6 different shops.Your idea is GENIUS!As they always are.:)

RRV, this is basically a soft buttercream, so it will most likely melt rapidly on hot chocolate and taste like oily goo! Haha YUM!

I'll be posting a coconut milk version soon, and I'll be sure to try it on hot cocoa and post my experience. I'll go post this on your blog in case you don't see this. In which case you won't see this either. Or this. Ok I'm done! :P